Brian Knorr Explained

Brian Knorr
Current Title:Defensive coordinator
Current Team:Air Force
Current Conference:MW
Birth Date:20 December 1963
Birth Place:Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.
Player Years1:1982–1985
Player Team1:Air Force
Player Positions:Quarterback
Coach Years1:1992–1994
Coach Team1:Air Force (assistant OL/JV)
Coach Years2:1995–1998
Coach Team2:Ohio (ILB)
Coach Years3:1999–2000
Coach Team3:Ohio (DC)
Coach Years4:2001–2004
Coach Team4:Ohio
Coach Years5:2005–2006
Coach Team5:Air Force (OLB/S)
Coach Years6:2007
Coach Team6:Air Force (AHC/ILB)
Coach Years7:2008–2010
Coach Team7:Wake Forest (WR)
Coach Years8:2011
Coach Team8:Wake Forest (co-DC/ILB)
Coach Years9:2012
Coach Team9:Wake Forest (DC/ILB)
Coach Years10:2013
Coach Team10:Wake Forest (DC/OLB)
Coach Years11:2014–2015
Coach Team11:Indiana (DC/DE/OLB)
Coach Years12:2016
Coach Team12:Ohio State (STQC)
Coach Years13:2017
Coach Team13:Arizona (ST/TE)
Coach Years14:2018–2021
Coach Team14:Air Force (AHC/ILB)
Coach Years15:2022–present
Coach Team15:Air Force (DC/ILB)
Overall Record:11–35

Brian Knorr (born December 20, 1963) is an American college football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Air Force Falcons. He graduated from the Air Force Academy and played quarterback. He also was an assistant at the Air Force Academy when he went to Ohio University with Jim Grobe. He was the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats program from 2001 to 2004. He was fired on November 18, 2004,[1] after he compiled an 11–35 (.239) record in four seasons. He was replaced by the more successful Frank Solich. He previously served as a defensive coordinator under the previous head coach, Grobe. His best season came in 2004, when his team went 4–7, including 2–6 in conference play. Until February 2008 he served as an assistant head coach at the Air Force Academy under head coach Troy Calhoun. In 2008, he accepted a position that reunited him with Grobe at Wake Forest University. In 2014 and 2015 he held the DC position for the Indiana Hoosiers football team. In January, 2016, Knorr did not have his contract renewed by Indiana.[2]

On June 29, 2016, Knorr was hired by Ohio State as a Quality Control Assistant under coach Urban Meyer.[3] Knorr left Ohio State to become the Special Teams and Defensive Ends coach at the University of Arizona. In March 2018, Knorr was Hired as a Defensive Assistant at Air Force, making it his third stint at the Academy. [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knorr Named Defensive Coordinator At Air Force . TheDenverChannel.com . January 5, 2005 . April 11, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606124007/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/4053071/detail.html . June 6, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Osterman . Zach . January 16, 2016 . Hoosiers tap Indiana native Tom Allen as defensive coordinator . February 1, 2016 . Indianapolis Star.
  3. Web site: Ohio State football Joker Phillips hired as offensive quality control coach. June 30, 2016. December 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221113559/http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2016/06/30/0629-joker-phillips.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Brian Knorr - Football Coach.